Towards a Language-Based Typology of Church Names in Ghana
Over the years, scholars have sought to provide language-based typologies of names, but while attempts have been made for some sub-branches of onomastics such as anthroponymy and toponymy, there is arguably none for ecclesionymy (the study of church names). Consequently, this paper sought to prov...
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Noyam Publishers
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2021353 https://doaj.org/article/4954f4ecbf2345608d30ead2453c540d |
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| Sumario: | Over the years, scholars have sought to provide language-based typologies of
names, but while attempts have been made for some sub-branches of onomastics
such as anthroponymy and toponymy, there is arguably none for ecclesionymy (the
study of church names). Consequently, this paper sought to provide a languagebased typology of the hitherto underexplored area of church names. Data of
names of churches in Ghana was built for the present study. Adopting content
analysis as the analytical approach, the study realized that church names in Ghana
are generally homogenous and heterogeneous linguistically. It was also realized
that homogenous/unilingual church names involved English only, Akan only and
Ewe only. On the other hand, the heterogeneous church names comprised two
types: bilingual and trilingual church names, which contained varied language
permutations from the three spheres in Osei Yaw Akoto’s classification of languages
in Ghana. The paper concludes by making some recommendations for language in-religion policy in Ghana. |
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